Priscilla decided to pursue an archaeology major, and in the summer of 1992,she got her fist opportunity to really test out her interest in the subject. The archaeological filed school of Washington State University was sponsoring a summer research project at a site alongside the Snake River in Washington. Priscilla threw herself into the work, and the project supervisors were impressed. At the end of the summer, one of the professors offered her a job. \North Dakota. We want to hire you if you're willing to take a semester off from school.’ “The offer was a diversion from Priscilla's pursuit of her BA. \would ultimately finish school,so I felt comfortable grabbing this opportunity,” she says. 1.
The university offered Priscilla only a small
loan and she had to come up with the rest of the money herself. 2.
With small income from her restaurant job, marry could barely make (both) ends meet. That’s why she found some cleaning work to do in the apartment building where she lived. 3.
During her first semesters, she often stayed up late studying because she knew she had to get the highest GPA in her class to qualify the scholarship. 4.
Anyone who wants to find employment in/ with that company must have at least a master’s degree; if not a Ph. D. otherwise he or she will not be accepted. 5.
Only if you completely throw yourself into your studies will you ultimately achieve your long-term goal of becoming an archaeologist. 6.
In the office Beth always looked happy and had a ready smile. But deep down, she was tired of being a secretary. She wanted to do something more creative. 7.
A migrant farm laborer from Mexico, my father was overjoyed when I was accepted by the University of Washington and became the first person in my family to attend college. 8.
When Priscilla looked back on her years of hard struggle, she said that it was no easy job to balance work and study. Unit6
He had been proclaimed” the finest mind alive”,” the greatest genius of the late 20th century”, and \heir \to millions, far and wide, for his book A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking is a star scientist in more ways than one. His gift for
revealing the mysteries of the universe in a style that non-scientists can enjoy made Hawking an instant celebrity and his book a bestseller in both Britain and America. It has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for spending 184 weeks in The Sunday Times” top-ten\list, and has sold more than five million copies worldwide--virtually unheard-of success for a science book.
How did all this happen? How has a man who is almost completely paralyzed and unable to speak except through a computer overcome these incredible obstacles and achieved far more than people ever dream of? 1. Stephen
Hawking,
a
British
scientist
specializing in theoretical cosmology has been proclaimed the greatest genius of the late 20th century. 2.
Every time he releases a new record, the singer
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